Angariation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Angariation \An*ga"ri*a"tion\, n. [LL. angariatio, fr. L.
     angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr.
     'a`ggaros (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal
     dispatches.]
     Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.] --Speed.
     [1913 Webster] Angeiology